$ ls -l /dev/mapper/ total 0 crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 60 2009-11-12 08:42 control lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2009-11-12 08:42 root -> ../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2009-11-12 08:42 swap -> ../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2009-11-12 08:42 temporary-cryptsetup-1243 -> ../dm-1 $ udevadm monitor --env monitor will print the received events for: UDEV - the event which udev sends out after rule processing KERNEL - the kernel uevent KERNEL[1258012011.169256] change /devices/virtual/block/loop0 (block) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=change DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/block/loop0 SUBSYSTEM=block DEVNAME=loop0 DEVTYPE=disk SEQNUM=1275 MAJOR=7 MINOR=0 UDEV [1258012011.173313] change /devices/virtual/block/loop0 (block) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=change DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/block/loop0 SUBSYSTEM=block DEVNAME=/dev/loop0 DEVTYPE=disk SEQNUM=1275 ID_FS_UUID=191082b8-cc11-467a-b0c8-41d857240fcc ID_FS_UUID_ENC=191082b8-cc11-467a-b0c8-41d857240fcc ID_FS_VERSION=256 ID_FS_TYPE=crypto_LUKS ID_FS_USAGE=crypto MAJOR=7 MINOR=0 DEVLINKS=/dev/block/7:0 /dev/disk/by-uuid/191082b8-cc11-467a-b0c8-41d857240fcc KERNEL[1258012013.256826] add /devices/virtual/block/dm-2 (block) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/block/dm-2 SUBSYSTEM=block DEVNAME=dm-2 DEVTYPE=disk SEQNUM=1276 MAJOR=254 MINOR=2 UDEV [1258012013.260146] add /devices/virtual/block/dm-2 (block) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/block/dm-2 SUBSYSTEM=block DEVNAME=dm-2 DEVTYPE=disk SEQNUM=1276 DM_SBIN_PATH=/sbin MAJOR=254 MINOR=2 DEVLINKS=/dev/block/254:2 KERNEL[1258012013.260357] add /devices/virtual/bdi/254:2 (bdi) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/bdi/254:2 SUBSYSTEM=bdi SEQNUM=1277 UDEV [1258012013.260818] add /devices/virtual/bdi/254:2 (bdi) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/bdi/254:2 SUBSYSTEM=bdi SEQNUM=1277 KERNEL[1258012013.261396] change /devices/virtual/block/dm-2 (block) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=change DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/block/dm-2 SUBSYSTEM=block DEVNAME=dm-2 DEVTYPE=disk SEQNUM=1278 MAJOR=254 MINOR=2 UDEV [1258012013.266631] change /devices/virtual/block/dm-2 (block) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=change DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/block/dm-2 SUBSYSTEM=block DEVNAME=/dev/dm-2 DEVTYPE=disk SEQNUM=1278 DM_SBIN_PATH=/sbin DM_NAME=temporary-cryptsetup-1663 MAJOR=254 MINOR=2 DEVLINKS=/dev/mapper/temporary-cryptsetup-1663 /dev/block/254:2 DM_SUSPENDED=0 DM_UDEV_RULES_VSN=1 DM_UDEV_DISABLE_SUBSYSTEM_RULES_FLAG=1 DM_UDEV_DISABLE_DISK_RULES_FLAG=1 DM_UDEV_DISABLE_OTHER_RULES_FLAG=1 KERNEL[1258012013.270468] change /devices/virtual/block/dm-2 (block) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=change DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/block/dm-2 SUBSYSTEM=block DEVNAME=dm-2 DEVTYPE=disk SEQNUM=1279 MAJOR=254 MINOR=2 KERNEL[1258012013.270629] remove /devices/virtual/block/dm-2 (block) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=remove DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/block/dm-2 SUBSYSTEM=block DEVNAME=dm-2 DEVTYPE=disk SEQNUM=1280 MAJOR=254 MINOR=2 KERNEL[1258012013.270845] remove /devices/virtual/bdi/254:2 (bdi) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=remove DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/bdi/254:2 SUBSYSTEM=bdi SEQNUM=1281 KERNEL[1258012013.270973] remove /devices/virtual/block/dm-2 (block) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=remove DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/block/dm-2 SUBSYSTEM=block DEVNAME=dm-2 DEVTYPE=disk SEQNUM=1282 MAJOR=254 MINOR=2 UDEV [1258012013.278718] remove /devices/virtual/bdi/254:2 (bdi) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=remove DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/bdi/254:2 SUBSYSTEM=bdi SEQNUM=1281 UDEV [1258012013.285375] change /devices/virtual/block/dm-2 (block) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=change DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/block/dm-2 SUBSYSTEM=block DEVNAME=/dev/dm-2 DEVTYPE=disk SEQNUM=1279 DM_SBIN_PATH=/sbin DM_UDEV_RULES_VSN=1 MAJOR=254 MINOR=2 DEVLINKS=/dev/disk/by-id/dm-name- /dev/block/254:2 UDEV [1258012013.291683] remove /devices/virtual/block/dm-2 (block) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=remove DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/block/dm-2 SUBSYSTEM=block DEVNAME=/dev/dm-2 DEVTYPE=disk SEQNUM=1280 DM_SBIN_PATH=/sbin DM_UDEV_RULES_VSN=1 MAJOR=254 MINOR=2 DEVLINKS=/dev/disk/by-id/dm-name- /dev/block/254:2 UDEV [1258012013.297479] remove /devices/virtual/block/dm-2 (block) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=remove DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/block/dm-2 SUBSYSTEM=block DEVNAME=/dev/dm-2 DEVTYPE=disk SEQNUM=1282 DM_SBIN_PATH=/sbin MAJOR=254 MINOR=2 KERNEL[1258012014.275211] add /devices/virtual/block/dm-2 (block) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/block/dm-2 SUBSYSTEM=block DEVNAME=dm-2 DEVTYPE=disk SEQNUM=1283 MAJOR=254 MINOR=2 KERNEL[1258012014.275857] add /devices/virtual/bdi/254:2 (bdi) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/bdi/254:2 SUBSYSTEM=bdi SEQNUM=1284 UDEV [1258012014.275883] add /devices/virtual/bdi/254:2 (bdi) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/bdi/254:2 SUBSYSTEM=bdi SEQNUM=1284 UDEV [1258012014.279394] add /devices/virtual/block/dm-2 (block) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=add DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/block/dm-2 SUBSYSTEM=block DEVNAME=dm-2 DEVTYPE=disk SEQNUM=1283 DM_SBIN_PATH=/sbin MAJOR=254 MINOR=2 DEVLINKS=/dev/block/254:2 KERNEL[1258012014.281166] change /devices/virtual/block/dm-2 (block) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=change DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/block/dm-2 SUBSYSTEM=block DEVNAME=dm-2 DEVTYPE=disk SEQNUM=1285 MAJOR=254 MINOR=2 UDEV [1258012014.310787] change /devices/virtual/block/dm-2 (block) UDEV_LOG=0 ACTION=change DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/block/dm-2 SUBSYSTEM=block DEVNAME=/dev/dm-2 DEVTYPE=disk SEQNUM=1285 DM_SBIN_PATH=/sbin DM_NAME=abx DM_UUID=CRYPT-191082b8-cc11-467a-b0c8-41d857240fcc DM_SUSPENDED=0 DM_UDEV_RULES_VSN=1 ID_FS_UUID=a2880166-988b-44ef-bfce-eda06f3ad596 ID_FS_UUID_ENC=a2880166-988b-44ef-bfce-eda06f3ad596 ID_FS_TYPE=jfs ID_FS_USAGE=filesystem MAJOR=254 MINOR=2 DEVLINKS=/dev/mapper/abx /dev/disk/by-id/dm-name-abx /dev/disk/by-id/dm-uuid-CRYPT-191082b8-cc11-467a-b0c8-41d857240fcc /dev/disk/by-uuid/a2880166-988b-44ef-bfce-eda06f3ad596 /dev/block/254:2 $ ls -l /dev/mapper/ total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2009-11-12 08:46 abx -> ../dm-2 crw-rw---- 1 root root 10, 60 2009-11-12 08:42 control lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2009-11-12 08:42 root -> ../dm-0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2009-11-12 08:42 swap -> ../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2009-11-12 08:42 temporary-cryptsetup-1243 -> ../dm-1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2009-11-12 08:46 temporary-cryptsetup-1663 -> ../dm-2 $ ls -l /etc/udev/rules.d/ total 24 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1071 2008-09-24 16:13 60-pcmcia.rules -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 462 2009-11-07 00:46 75-cd-aliases-generator.rules.optional -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3692 2009-11-07 00:46 75-persistent-net-generator.rules.optional -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 83 2009-11-08 22:57 90-hal.rules -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 182 2009-11-03 19:45 97-bluetooth-serial.rules -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28 2008-10-19 16:19 99-fuse.rules $ tail -n 2 /var/log/pacman.log [2009-11-12 08:22] removed devicekit-disks (009-1) [2009-11-12 08:22] removed devicekit-power (012-2)